ALTERNATIVES FOR ADVISORS

Redefine portfolios with alternative investments

Seek portfolio resilience beyond a traditional 60/40. Explore new horizons with liquid alternative strategies and private markets.

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Seek true diversification with upside potential

The Global Equity Market Neutral fund (BDMIX) has delivered upside participation with low correlations to equities in 2024. Learn more about why advisors are choosing BDMIX for true diversification.
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To 50/30/20 and beyond

Adding a strategic allocation to alternatives can help diversify your portfolio. We have the tools and resources to help you conceptualize and implement allocations based on your client needs.
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A new regime requires a new toolkit

Increased volatility and positive correlations between stocks and bonds have created a need for more diversification in portfolios. Alternative strategies can help build resiliency by seeking returns from differentiated sources.

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There are better portfolios out there

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Seek to diversify

Alternative funds can help provide an alternative source of diversification to traditional fixed income, while also being lowly correlated to equity markets.

Seek to amplify

Private markets have historically delivered attractive risk-adjusted returns.3 Tap into new opportunities for individual investors to access private markets.

Uncertainty creates opportunity

Elevated volatility in fixed income and more macroeconomic dispersion have created new opportunity in alternative strategies. Look for true diversification without sacrificing potential returns.

Why BlackRock for alternatives?

Our US$327 billion platform seeks to deliver outperformance with true partnership across a range of investment solutions. We continue to innovate, leveraging our technology, our scale and our fiduciary model to better serve advisors.
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Access to vast opportunities
Our investment teams and dedicated 60+ person centralized sourcing team fuel our dual-pronged approach to sourcing top opportunities.
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Greater transparency
100,000 unique companies and 50,000 unique properties.4
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An integrated view
We provide you with a whole portfolio view so you have a deeper understanding of how alternatives impact the rest of your clients’ portfolios.
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A new standard of alignment
Our firm-wide network of professionals works to understand investor needs– and deliver our best use of skill, scale and technology to help clients achieve their goals.

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Explore our alternatives platform

Help your clients achieve their goals with our alternatives platform and resources.

Ticker

Name

Morningstar Category

Overall Morningstar Rating*

BDEBT

BlackRock Private Credit Fund

Private credit

 

CREDX

BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund

Private credit

 

XPIFX

BlackRock Private Investments Fund

Private equity

 

BIMBX

Systematic Multi-Strategy

Multistrategy

4

PBAIX

Tactical Opportunities

Macro trading

4

BILPX

Event Driven Equity

Event Driven

4

BDMIX

Global Equity Market Neutral

Equity market neutral

4

BGCIX

Global Long/Short Credit

Nontraditional bond

3

BICSX

Commodity Strategies

Comm. broad basket

4

BIREX

Real Estate Securities

Real estate

4

 

Source: Morningstar as of 9/30/2024. Systematic Multi-Strategy, rated against 112 Multi-strategy Funds. Tactical Opportunities rated against 53 Macro trading Funds; Event Driven Equity rated against 45 Event Driven Funds. Global Equity Market Neutral rated against 40 Equity Market Neutral Funds; Global Long/Short Credit rated against 272 Nontraditional Bond Funds; Commodity Strategies rated against 100 Commodities Broad Basket Funds; Real Estate Securities rated against 229 Real Estate Funds. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. Ratings are based on risk-adjusted total returns. See below for additional information.

Featured liquid alternatives

Seek to diversify.

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Global Equity Market Neutral Fund
BDMIX is a market neutral strategy seeking consistent returns with low correlations to broad asset classes through a technology-driven process.
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BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund
PBAIX invests across 25+ developed and emerging market countries and seeks to capitalize on elevated volatility and macro dispersion.
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Event Driven Equity Fund
BILPX Invests primarily in equity securities of companies undergoing transformative events, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, restructurings, and other catalysts.
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BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund
BIMBX is a multi-asset strategy that seeks uncorrelated and consistent returns across market cycles.
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Private markets

Seek to amplify with new vehicles designed for wealth clients.

Implementing private markets in your portfolio

Product innovation within the past several years has allowed more investors the ability to allocate to solutions ranging from private equity to private credit. Explore BlackRock's asset allocations, educational resources, and product offerings.
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BlackRock Private Credit Fund
BDEBT seeks to target attractive risk-adjusted returns generated by investing primarily in directly-originated, senior-secured corporate debt investments.
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BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund
CREDX dynamically allocates across the full credit spectrum to seek opportunities for total returns.
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BlackRock Private Investments Fund
BPIF is designed to deliver access to a diverse, core portfolio of institutional private equity in a registered fund structure.
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Resources and insights

View our selection of resources, articles, videos, and more for BlackRock’s alternatives platform.

BlackRock Wealth Academy: Earn CE Credits

Learn how to think beyond 60/40.

Alternative investments such as private equity and credit can play a valuable role in today’s market. Earn CE credits by learning why and how to allocate to alternatives in client portfolios.
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Expected Return Analyzer
Featuring alternative funds, you can now identify ways to narrow the gap between expected and target returns for your portfolios.
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